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STATEMENT 


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WITH A COPY OF ITS CHARTER, 



NEW-YORK, 1856 






































































































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The object of the Society is the advancement of Geographical 
and Statistical Science, by the collection and diffusion of knowledge 
in those branches. 

Among the measures at present contemplated for this purpose 
are the following: 

1. A collection of the most valuable maps and books of refer¬ 
ence on Geography and Statistics, from all countries, to be de¬ 
posited and kept for public use, under proper regulations. 

2. Stated meetings on Thursday of every week, (July, August 
and September excepted,) open to the public, for the reading of 
valuable papers on Geographical and Statistical subjects, collected 
from all quarters, with conversational discussions, personal narra¬ 
tives of explorers and travellers, &c. 

3. A Bulletin of the Society’s transactions and collections, pub¬ 
lished periodically, furnished to all members, and sent in exchange 
to kindred institutes in all countries. 

4. To obtain, through the kind cooperation of the Foreign Con¬ 
suls resident here, the latest, completest and most authentic infor¬ 
mation, publications, and public documents, from their respective 
countries. Several Consuls of leading Governments have already 
expressed a warm interest, and pledged a hearty cooperation in 
this branch of our plans. 


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5. By correspondence with Missionaries, Officers of the Army 
and Navy, and others, to increase the extent and accuracy of Geo- 
graphical and Statistical knowledge. 

6. Originating and assisting in explorations of undescribed re¬ 
gions, and in voyages of discovery. 

Contributions in aid of these several plans will be thankfully re¬ 
ceived and acknowledged, whether of maps and works of reference, 
papers and communications on topics of interest, recent and reli¬ 
able information concerning any part of the world, or means to de¬ 
fray the unavoidable expenses of the Society. 

ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY. 

The first attempts towards the formation of the Society origin¬ 
ated in 1850, from suggestions by several gentlemen, among whom 
the name of George Folsom, Esq., now the IT. S. Charg6 d’Af¬ 
faires in Belgium, deserves to be mentioned. The importance 
of such a Society was sufficiently obvious ; the only question was 
who should undertake the labor and responsibility connected with 
it. At length a public meeting was held on the 9th of October, 
1851, at Mr. Disturnell’s Rooms in Broadway, and an organization 
was effected by the choice of the following officers : 

President , Henry Grinnell ; Vice-Presidents, Joshua Leavitt, 
Henry E. Pierrepont, Archibald Russell, Freeman Hunt; Trea¬ 
surer, Charles Congdon ; Foreign Corresponding Secretary, S. 
De Witt Bloodgood; Secretary and Agent, John Disturnell; Re¬ 
cording Secretary, Charles A. Dana; Executive Committee, A. 
J. Cotheal, J. Calvin Smith, Lewis Gregory, Hiram Barney, L. B. 
Wyman, G. P. Putnam, H. J. Raymond, Paul Arpin, and M. D 
Bean. 

A room for the Society’s meetings was subsequently procured in 
the New York University, and application was made to the Le¬ 
gislature the same year for a Charter; and a bill granting a Char¬ 
ter passed both Houses without objection, but was vetoed by the 
Governor. It was, therefore deemed advisable to obtain a charter 


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of incorporation by a Certificate under the general law for the In¬ 
corporation of Scientific and Benevolent Societies. The neces¬ 
sary steps were completed on the 22d of May, 1852, when the So¬ 
ciety was Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New 
York, and was organized by the election of the following 
officers: 

President —George Bancroft. First Vice-President —Henry 
Grinnell. Second Vice-President — Francis L. Hawks, D. D.— 
Third Vice-President —John C. Zimmerman, sen. 

Treasurer —Charles Congdon. 

Reading Secretary —M. Dudley Bean. 

Foreign Corresponding Secretary —S. De Witt Bloodgood. 

Domestic Corresponding Secretary —Archibald Bussell. 

Librarian —Joshua Leavitt. 

Trustees —Henry E. Pierrepont, Alexander J. Cotheal, J. Calvin 
Smith, Hiram Barney, John Jay, Edmund Blunt, Luther B. Wy¬ 
man, J. Carson Brevoort, Cambridge Livingston, Henry Y. Poor. 

The Society acted under this Charter till the 11th day of May, 
1854, at which time it was re organized under a Special Charter, 
of which the following is a copy: 



CHARTER. 

AN ACT 

TO INCORPORATE THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL AND 
STATISTICAL SOCIETY, 

PASSED APRIL 1 3 , 1854 . 


The People of the State of New York , Represented in Senate and 
Assembly, do enact as follows: 

§ 1. George Bancroft, Henry Grinnell, Francis L. Hawks, John 
C. Zimmerman, Archibald Russell, Joshua Leavitt, William C. H. 
Waddell, Ridley Watts, S. De Witt Bloodgood, M. Dudley Bean, 
Hiram Barney, Alexander J. Cotheal, Luther B. Wyman, John 
Jay, J. Calvin Smith, Henry V. Poor, Cambridge Livingston, 
Edmund Blunt, Alexander W. Bradford and their associates, 
who are now or may become hereafter associated for the pur¬ 
poses of this act, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the 
name of the American Geographical and Statistical Society, for 
the purpose of collecting and diffusing geographical and statistical 
information. 

$ 2. For the purposes aforesaid the said Society shall possess 
the general powers and privileges, and be subject to the general 
liabilities contained in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of 
the first part of the revised statutes, so far as the same may be 
applicable and may not have been modified or repealed; but the 
real and personal estate which the said society shall be authorized 



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to take, hold and convey, over and above its library, maps, 
charts, instruments and collections, shall not at any time exceed 
an amount, the clear yearly income of which shall be ten thousand 
dollars. 

§ 3. The officers of the said Society shall be a President, three 
Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Sec¬ 
retary, a Librarian and Treasurer, and such other officers as may 
from time to time be provided for by the by-laws of the said 
Society. 

§ 4. The said Society, for fixing the terms of admission of its 
members, for the government of the same, for changing and alter¬ 
ing the officers above named, and for the general regulation and 
management of its transactions and affairs, shall have power to 
form a code of by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this 
State or of the United States, which code, when formed and 
adopted at a regular meeting shall, until modified or rescinded, be 
equally binding as this act upon the said Society, its officers and 
its members. 

§ 5. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this act. 

§ 6. This act to take effect immediately. 


State op New York, ) 
Secretary’s Office. ) 

I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in 
this office, and hereby certify the same to be a correct transcript 
therefrom and of the whole of said original law. 

Given under my hand and seal of office at the city of 
Albany, this thirteenth day of April, One Thousand 
Eight Hundred and Fifty-four. 

A. G. JOHNSTON, 

Dep. Sec'y of State, 






OFFICERS 


ELECTED DECEMBER 7tH, 185 4. 


President, 

FRANCIS L. HAWKS, *D. D. 

Vice Presidents , 

HENRY" GRINNELL, M. F. MAURY, U. S. N., 

Hon. ALEX. W. BRADFORD. 


Treasurer , 

RIDLEY WATTS. 

Recording Secretary , 

ARCHIBALD RUSSELL. 

Domestic Corresponding Secretary , 

HENRY V. POOR. 

Fo-reign Corresponding Secretary 

S. DEWITT BLOODGOOD. 


Librarian , 

M. DUDLEY BEAN. 


Council , 


J. R. BRODHEAD, 
HIRAM BARNEY, 
JOHN JAY, 

JOHN D. JONES, 

R. H. 


HENRY E. PIERREPONT, 
CAMBRIDGE LIVINGSTON, 
W. C. H. WADDELL, 
MARSHALL LEFFERTS, 
WITTHAUS. 



OFFICERS 

ELECTED DECEMBER, 1855. 

President, 

FRANCIS L. HAWKS. 

Vice Presidents , 

HENRY GRINNELL, Professor A. D. BACHE, 

Hon. ALEX. W. BRADFORD. 

Treasurer , 

RIDLEY WATTS. 

Recording Secretary , 

W. C. H. WADDELL. 

Assistant Recording Secretary , 

FREDERICK G. BURNHAM. 

Domestic Corresponding Secretary , 

H. E. PIERREPONT. 

Foreign Corresponding Secretary , 

JOHN JAY. 

Librarian , 

J. CALVIN SMITH. 

Council , 

ARCHIBALD RUSSELL, CAMBRIDGE LIVINGSTON, 
HIRAM BARNEY, R. H. WITTHAUS, 

JOHN JAY, MARSHALL LEFFERTS, 

HENRY V. POOR, F. A. CONKLIN, 

THOMAS F. HARRISON. 


STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL, 

FOR THE YEARS 1855-6. 

On Topics and Proceedings , 

Messrs. Poor, Barney, & Livingston. 

On Printing , 

Messrs. Pierrepont, Bean, & Poor. 

On the Library , 

Messrs. Smith, Lefferts, & Witthaus. 

On Recent Discoveries and Publications , 

Messrs. Harrison, Conklin, & Witthaus. 

The Chairman of the Council and Recording Secretary are Ex- 
Officio Members of the several Standing Committees. 



BY-LAWS 


OF THE 

Anxrrirnu (ftngrnpjjintl nni itaiMitol iariftg. 

MEMBERS. 

I. The Society shall consist of Ordinary, Corresponding, Honor¬ 
ary, and Ex-officio Members. Corresponding Members shall be 
limited to those who have advanced by their publications or services, 
the Science of Geography or Statistics; Honorary Members, to 
those who have distinguished themselves in the Science of Geogra¬ 
phy or Statistics, but at no time to exceed twenty persons. Ex- 
officio Members shall be—the Foreign Ministers and Consuls resi¬ 
dent in the United States, and American Ministers and Consuls res¬ 
ident abroad. 

II. Persons desirous of joining the Society as ordinary members 
shall be nominated to the Society or the Council in writing, and if 
recommended by the Council, shall, when elected by the Society, 
on the payment of the Initiation fee of ten dollars, become members. 

Honorary or Corresponding Members may be elected by the 
Society, on the recommendation of the Council. 

Ex-officio Members shall be enrolled, on their own request, or 
by vote of the Council. 

ANNUAL DUES. 

III. The Annual Dues of Ordinary Members shall be Five 
Dollars. 

Should any Member refuse to pay the Annual Dues when called 
upon, or neglect the payment for two years successively, the Council 
may erase his name from the list of Members. 


OFFICERS. 

IV. The officers of the Society are— 

A President, 

Three Vice-Presidents, 

A Foreign Corresponding Secretary, 

A Domestic Corresponding Secretary, 

A Recording Secretary, 

An Assistant Recording Secretary, 

A Treasurer, and 
A Librarian. 

They shall be elected annually by ballot, and shall hold their 
offices respectively for one year, and until others shall be chosen 
in their places. 

The officers of the Society shall be members of the Council ex- 
officio. 

ANNUAL MEETING. 

V. The Society shall hold its Annual Meeting on the first Thurs¬ 
day of December yearly, when the Officers and nine Councilmen 
shall be chosen by ballot, a majority of votes being necessary for 
a choice on the first balloting; but where no choice is effected to any 
office on the first trial, a further balloting shall take place, at which 
a plurality of votes shall elect. 

MONTHLY AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

VI. The Society shall meet regularly for the transaction of busi¬ 
ness, at its room, on the first Thursday in every month, unless 
otherwise specially ordered. But the President, or in his absence 
any of the Vice-Presidents, may, and upon the written request of 
any fifteen Members shall, call a special meeting, giving three days’ 
notice thereof, in two public newspapers printed in the city of 
New York, and a special notice of at least three days, sent through 
the post-office, to each Ordinary Member. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

VII. At the regular meetings of the Society, the following 
shall be the order of business : 

1. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 


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2. Keport of the Council. 

3. Reports and communications from officers of the Society. 

4. Reports from committees. 

5. Miscellaneous business. 

6. Papers read, and Addresses delivered before the Society. 

QUORUM. 

VIII. At all meetings of the Society, eight members shall con¬ 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

IX. The President, or in his absence one of the Vice-Presidents, 
or in their absence a Chairman pro tempore , shall preside at all the 
meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. He shall 
preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to 
an appeal to the Society. He shall also appoint all Committees 
authorized by the Society, unless otherwise specially ordered. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 

X. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct the general 
correspondence of the Society. They shall have the custody of 
all letters and communications to the Society, excepting papers 
read and addresses delivered before the same, which shall be 
deposited in the Library. They shall, at every meeting of the 
Society, read such letters and communications as they may have 
received ; they shall prepare all letters to be written in connection 
with the business or objects of the Society, and transmit the same; 
but the Society may appoint a Committee to prepare a letter or 
letters, on any special occasion. They shall keep, in suitable 
books to be provided for that purpose, true copies of all letters 
written on behalf of the Society; and shall carefully preserve the 
originals of all letters and communications received. 

The duties of the Foreign Corresponding Secretary shall be 
limited to the correspondence with individuals or associate bodies 
in foreign countries; and those of the Domestic Corresponding 
Secretary shall, in like manner, be confined to the United States; 


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except that in the absence of either of these officers, or during a 
vacancy in either office, its duties shall be performed by the 
remaining incumbent, until such absence shall terminate, or the 
vacancy be supplied. 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 

XI. The Recording Secretary shall have the custody of the Seal, 
Charter, By-Laws, and Records of the Society. He shall, under 
the direction of the President, or either of the Vice-Presidents, 
give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, 
and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of 
all the proceedings and orders of the Society ; and shall give notice 
to the several officers, and to the Trustees and Committees, of all 
votes, orders, resolves, and proceedings of the Society, affecting 
them, or appertaining to their respective duties. 

LIBRARIAN. 

XII. The Librarian, under the direction of the Board of 
Trustees, shall have the charge and superintendence of the rooms, 
and the custody and arrangement of the books, maps, and other 
articles belonging to the Library and Collections of the Society. 
He shall acknowledge the receipt of donations to the Society in 
his department. 

TREASURER. 

XIII. The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and 
securities of the Society, and shall disburse and dispose of the 
same under the direction of the Council. 

COUNCIL. 

XIV. The Council shall have the control and management of the 
affairs, property, and funds of the Society. 

Five members shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. 

They shall have power to fill any vacancy that may occur among 
the Officers or Council of the Society. 


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They shall make their own by-laws, which shall not be inconsist¬ 
ent with these by-laws. 

They shall meet at least once in every month, for the transaction 
of business, except during the months of July, August, and Sep¬ 
tember. 

If any member of the Council shall be absent from its meetings 
for three successive months, without reasons satisfactory to the 
Council, his place may be declared vacant, by a vote of the Council; 
but this rule shall not apply to the President or Vice-Presidents. 

Any officer or member of the Council may be removed from his 
place by the Council, for cause, by a vote of two-thirds of the mem¬ 
bers present at a meeting, provided such two-thirds shall be equal 
in number to a majority of the whole Council. 

The Council shall not make any contract involving a liability ex¬ 
ceeding the sum of five hundred dollars, nor make any sale or dis¬ 
position of the property of the Society, exceeding in value that 
sum, without an approving vote of the Society at a regular meet¬ 
ing. 

No debt shall be contracted whereby the aggregate debts of the 
Society shall be increased more than $1,000 above the unappro* 
priated funds at the time in the treasury ; and no debt shall be in¬ 
curred until it shall have been approved by the Council. 

ALTERATION OF BY-LAWS. 

XV. No alteration in the By-Laws of the Society shall be made, 
unless such alteration shall have been openly proposed at a previous 
meeting, and entered on the minutes, with the name of the Member 
proposing the same, and unless it shall be adopted by a vote of 
two-thirds of the Members present at a regular meeting of the So¬ 
ciety. 







BY-LAWS OF THE COUNCIL. 


1. The Council shall elect its own Chairman and Secretary. 

2. Stated meetings of the Council shall be held at the rooms of 

the Society every Thursday, excepting during the months 
of July, August and September, and at such other times as 
the Council may determine. 

3. Special meetings may be called at any time, by the Secretary, 

by direction of the Chairman, or upon the written request 
of five Members of the Council. 

4- The order of business shall be as follows:— 

1. Reading the Minutes. 

2. Report of Treasurer. 

3. Report of the Librarian and Superintendent. 

4. Reports of Committees. 

5. Consideration of Nominations. 

6. Unfinished business. 

7. Miscellaneous business. 

8. Papers and communications to the Couucil njay be read 
at any time, at the discretion of the Chairman. 

5. There shall be four Standing Committees, to be called: 

1. Committee on topics and proceedings. 

2. Committee on Printing. 

3. Committee on the Library. 

4. Committee on recent discoveries and Publications. 

6. The Committee on Topics and Proceedings shall procure 

suitable papers to be read before the Society, or before the 
Council, and recommend topics of discussion at the several 
meetings. 


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7. The Committee on Printing, shall prepare the Bulletin, and 

superintend the printing and publication thereof. They shall 
also prepare, for printing, all blanks, diplomas, notices and 
other documents required for the transaction of the Society’s 
business. 

8. The Committee on the Library and Finance, shall have charge 

of the property of the Society, shall make the requisite ar¬ 
rangements for the preservation thereof, arrange the hours 
during which the rooms shall be opened; shall provide for 
the accommodation of all meetings of, and Lectures before 
the Society or Council. 

9. The Committee on Recent Discoveries and Publications, shall 

procure and present to the Society, or Council, from time to 
time, notices, abstracts, and reviews of recent books, reports, 
tables, maps, and other documents, relating to Geography 
or Statistics. 

10. The Standing Committees shall each consist of three mem¬ 

bers, to which shall be added the Chairman and Recording 
Secretary, as ex-officio members. Two members shall con¬ 
stitute a quorum. 

11. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to call the attention of 

the Council to the continued absence of any member for 
three successive months, and to submit to the Council the 
propriety of acting under the By-law of the Society, provided 
for such cases. 

12. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the 

names of those present at each meeting of the Council. 

13. Special meetings of the Council may always be held after 

meetings of the Society, without further notice. 

14. These By-Laws may be temporarily suspended, by the vote 

of the majority of the members present at any meeting, but 
no amendment or addition thereto, shall be made, except by 
a vote of a majority of the members of the Council, at a meet¬ 
ing subsequent to one at which notice of such amendment or 
addition shall have been given. 





Arpin, Paul 

Appleton, John A. 

Alsop, Joseph W» 

Allen, William H. 

Astor, John Jacob 

Aspinwall. W. H. 

Bean, Moses Dudley 

Butler, Charles. 

Bloodgood, S. DeWitt 

Bradford, Hon. Alex. W. 

Blunt, Edmund 

Buirell, John E. 

Blunt, George W. 

Bogert, H. K. 

Bird, George 

Bonney, Benj. W. 

Burtus, James A. 

Brady, William V. 

Brower, John H. 

Brown, William A. 

Baird, Bev. Robert D. D. 

Burnham, Fred. G. 

Brevoort. 

J. Carson 

Cotheal, Alex. J. 

Conklin, Frederick A. 

Chauncey, William 

Chandler, J. Winthrop 

Collins, Edward K. 

Cooper, Peter 

Cutting, Pulton 

Coddington, T. B. 

Colton, George 

Coles, Jeremiah 

Congdon, Charles 

Camp, Hugh N. 

Crooks, Ramsey 

Codwise, David 

Culbert, P. W. 

Cooper. Edward 

Dinsmore, Curran 

Davison, Edward F. 

Disturnell, John 

Dunshee, Henry W. 

Davis, Charles 

Dambmann, Charles F. 


Daley. Charles P. 



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Elliot, Samuel M. 

Eyre, Henry S. P. 

Francis, John W. M. D. 
Fearing, Daniel B. 
French, Benjamin F. 
Flemming, Augustus 
Field, Maunsel B. 
Foster, F. G-. 

Grinnell, Henry 
Grinnell, Moses H. 
Grinnell, Cornelius 
Gaillard, Joseph 


Ely, Charles 
Embury. Daniel 

Fish, Hon. Hamilton 
Frost, Joseph B. 

Field, Cyrus W. 

Fisher, Richard S. M. D. 
Fosdick, W. W. 

Frazer. Maj. W. D. U. S. A. 


Gregory, Lewis 
Goodhue, Robert C. 
Green James, 
Grant, J. Hastings 
Gilbert. Charles T. 


Hasbrook, Hon. A. Bruyer 
Hawks, Rev. Francis L., D. D; 
Hargous, Peter A. 

Hunt, Wilson G. 


Hearn, George A. 
Hewitt, Abraham S. 
Hart, M. G. 
Harrison. Thomas F. 


Jones, John D. 
Jones, Rev. Lott 


Johnson, Bradish 
Johnson. John T. 


Kane, Dr. E. K. 
Kimball, Richard B. 
Knapp, Shepard 


Kennedy, R. Lenox 
King, Charles L. L. D. 
Kearney, Edward 
Kingsland. Ambrose C. 


Leavitt, Joshua Lefferts, Marshall 

Lawrence, Alex. M. Latson. John W. 


M‘Kay, James 


Moor, G. H. 

Morse, Sidney E. 
Morgan, Capt. E. E. 
Moran, Charles 
M’Vicker, W, H. 


M’Alpin, William J. 
Merriam, E. 

Mitchell, Matthew 
Morton, A. C. 
Meyers. T. Bailey 


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Oakley, Henry A. 

Osgood. Rev. Samuel 

Poor, Henry Y. 

Pullen, Maj. John A. 

Pratt, Zadock 

Pell John Augustus, 

Pratt, George W. 

Pierrepont Edward, 

Prince. Frederick 

Robinson, Henry B. 

Robertson, Daniel A. 

Rutherford, Lewis Morris 

Redfield, W. C. 

Ruggles, Samuel B. 

Rutherfurd, Robert W. 

Russell, Charles H. 

Rockwell. C. W. 

Smith, I. Calvin 

Seymour, Hon. Horatio 

Stevens, Dr. Alex. W. 

Schroeter, George 

Stevens, Rev. Abel 

Sewall, Henry F. 

Sibell, W. E. 

Squier, George E. 

Strong, Charles E. 

Stuart, Robert L. 

Stetson, Charles A. 

Sears, Herman B. 

Stout, Aquila G. 

Skidmore, Samuel T. 

Smith, Dr. I. M. 

Shaffner, T. P. 

Satterthwaite, T. B. 

Sears. Alfred 

Tomes, Benjamin 

Tomes, Francis Jr. 

Thompson, Rev. J. P. 

Taylor, George 

Tabor, Charles C. 

Tellkampf, T. A., M. D. 

Thurston. E. G. 

Vinton, Rev. Francis D. D. 

Viele. Lieut. Egbert 

Wyman, Luther B. 

Winthrop, Benjamin R. 

Waddell, W. Coventry H. 

Wendall, John 

Watts, Robert M. D. 

Wright, William W. 

Webb, William II. 

Wheeler, David E. 

Ward, Augustus H. 

Wetmore. Samuel 

Wells, Jacob 


Zimmerman. John C. 






Chevalier NEGRI of Turin, Sardinia. 

G. BUNGHALL WATTS of Carthagena, New Granada. 
Gov. ISAAC I. STEVENS, Washington Territory, U. S. 
BENJAMIN M. NORMAN. 

Hon C. MASON, Comr. of Patent office, Washington, D. C. 
WILLIAM HENRY DHNCAN, Hanover, N. H. 
AARON H. PALMER. Washington, D. C. 

Hon. ROBERT McCLELLAND, do. 

DANIEL C. GILMAN. 

CHARLES W. COOK, San Francisco, California. 
Professor GHYOT, Princeton, N. J. 

Professor H. B. ROGERS, Boston, Mass. 

Hon. E. W. LEAVENWORTH, Albany. 

General THOMAS J. GREEN. 

GEORGE E. WARING Jr. 

MONTGOMERY MARTIN, London. 

Professor PAUL SHAY, Geneva, Switzerland. 

Miss S. S. CORNELL, N. Y. 

Mrs SOMERVILLE. England. 

JOHN S. MEEHAN, Washington, D. C. 

ASHBURY DICKENS do. do. 

Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Auburn, N. Y. 

I. C. OLRICK—Royal Inspector of North Greenland. 
Ex-Gov. HORATIO SEYMOUR. 

Dr. E. K, KANE, U. S. N. 

EDWARD R. SMITH, of Washington, D. C. 

Col. THOMAS W. WARD, U. S. Consul at Panama. 
Lieut M. P. MAURY, U. S. N. 




IiON. GEOROE BANCROFT. 
HON. J. ROMEYN BRODHEAD, 
HIRAM BARNEY. 

ALEXANDER J. COTHEAL. 

J. H. COLTON. 

H. W. FIELD. 

JOHN JAY. 

CAMBRIDGE LIVINGSTON. 
HENRY E, PIERREPONT. 
ARCHIBALD RUSSELL. 

Rev. EDWARD ROBINSON, D. D. 
RIDLEY WATTS. 

GUSTAVUS H. WITTHAUS. 
RUDOLPH H. WITTHAUS. 


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the first year. 

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